Roar!
Another Demonfolk appeared.
Just as Jiang Hao was about to act, Lou Feng of the Heavenly Joy Pavilion struck first.
A single slash swept past.
Boom!
The Demonfolk was killed on the spot.
Jiang Hao could only watch.
"Junior Brother Jiang, you seem very keen on killing Demonfolk. But so am I. I wonder which of us can kill more." Lou Feng looked at Jiang Hao with a smile.
His smile looked ferocious.
Jiang Hao had appraised him on his second day here.
This man was not doing this for the Heavenly Joy Pavilion, but purely for Senior Sister Yun Ruo.
He was madly in love with Senior Sister Yun Ruo.
Jiang Hao did not know why.
Now that Yun Ruo had been killed, Lou Feng naturally wanted revenge.
"Why aren't you saying anything, Junior Brother?" Lou Feng's eyes widened, filled with savagery and bloodlust.
His hatred is growing stronger and stronger. He could easily lose control. Jiang Hao felt a little worried.
He was not the only one worried. Zheng Nineteen was worried too. Once Lou Feng lost his senses, he would attack everyone present.
And to make matters worse, he was at the foundation establishment late stage.
Xin Yuyue sensed it too. Even if her abilities could counter his, the gap in their strength was too great for that to give her an advantage.
At that moment, Qing Xue suddenly spoke:
"We haven't seen any groups of Demonfolk in a long time. There probably aren't many left. Let's split up."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the suggestion.
Even Jiang Hao did.
He was very worried that Lou Feng might suddenly attack. Once his own foundation establishment late stage cultivation was exposed, Qing Xue would definitely act to snuff him out.
He was on the verge of filling his cultivation reserve. He could not afford any conflict now.
Splitting up was dangerous, but as long as he could hide for a while, he could buy himself a chance to break through.
Zheng Nineteen knew about Jiang Hao's grudge with the Heavenly Joy Pavilion. He did not want to get involved right now.
The risk was too high.
"Does anyone object?" Qing Xue asked again.
"What do you think, Junior Brother Jiang?" Zheng Nineteen turned to ask Jiang Hao.
"That works too," Jiang Hao said calmly.
His composure earned Zheng Nineteen's admiration.
He could still remain so calm at a time like this.
Lou Feng, meanwhile, smiled, as though he could finally let loose.
"Then which direction would you like to go, Junior Brother?" Zheng Nineteen let Jiang Hao choose first, then added:
"Let's all take different directions. We can clear them out faster that way."
After they agreed on a final meeting point, Jiang Hao headed straight deeper inside. Choosing first had both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that, with Zheng Nineteen watching, the others could hardly take the same direction as him. The disadvantage was that everyone knew where he was headed.
But as long as he was fast enough, there would only be advantages.
Once he was certain the others could no longer see him, he changed direction and sped away, fully unleashing his foundation establishment late stage strength.
His speed even far exceeded that of the foundation establishment late stage.
After Jiang Hao left, Zheng Nineteen looked at the two from the Heavenly Joy Pavilion. Without any unnecessary words, they each chose another direction.
As for where they went once they vanished from sight, no one knew.
"I heard you're unhappy with the people from the Heavenly Joy Pavilion, Senior Brother Zheng. Why aren't you ruining their plans this time?" Xin Yuyue asked with a smile beside him.
"It's not that I don't want to." Zheng Nineteen sighed.
"One at foundation establishment perfection, the other at the foundation establishment late stage. I'm no match for them."
"The Heavenly Joy Pavilion really has no shame," Xin Yuyue said contemptuously.
"The Heavenly Joy Pavilion is furious, but Heartbreak Cliff hasn't shown much of a reaction. So the Heavenly Joy Pavilion is bound to have the upper hand this time.
"Besides, I heard Junior Brother Jiang only advanced thanks to heavenly treasures, so he's just an inner sect disciple.
"If he were a true disciple, it wouldn't have come to this," Zheng Nineteen said with some regret.
"True." Xin Yuyue did not say much more, though she was quite curious about those three:
"The five of us probably won't all be going back together, will we?"
"No. Most likely, there'll only be four of us. I'm afraid Junior Brother Jiang will be staying here," Zheng Nineteen said.
"Is there no chance he can escape?" Xin Yuyue asked.
"Probably not." Zheng Nineteen extended his senses and said:
"Lou Feng of the Heavenly Joy Pavilion has a frenzied aura. He's already headed in Jiang Hao's direction."
After a pause, Zheng Nineteen added:
"Will you come with me, Junior Sister, or go on your own?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Brother, but I'd like to temper myself on my own." Xin Yuyue declined with a smile.
"All right, then. See you in a month." With that, Zheng Nineteen chose a direction too.
The Heavenly Joy Pavilion were bad people, but those from Frozen Moon Valley were not necessarily good people either. Xin Yuyue did not want to put herself in danger.
As for Jiang Hao, there was nothing she could do for him.
With weak cultivation and a powerful enemy offended, perhaps dying sooner would be better.
It would spare him suffering later.
Jiang Hao headed deeper inside at his fastest speed.
Even when he encountered Demonfolk, he did not attack. He deliberately left them alive so he would be harder to track.
The next day.
Only then did he stop, landing beside a lake.
Traveling for an entire day should have bought him quite a bit of time.
What he needed to do now was kill Demonfolk and obtain enough cultivation and blood essence.
Then he would try to advance to foundation establishment perfection. Otherwise, he would be unable to contend with Qing Xue of the Heavenly Joy Pavilion.
Roar!
Just then, a Demonfolk burst out of the lake.
It had the strength of the foundation establishment middle stage.
Without hesitation, Jiang Hao killed it with a single slash.
Then he picked up the bubble.
[Cultivation +1]
"Only one."
Without lingering, he continued deeper inside.
But whenever he saw the area where stars fell from high above, he felt a little awed.
He did not dare approach that place.
Yet the Demonfolk here were indeed becoming fewer and fewer.
It took him three days to just barely gather enough bubbles.
[Blood essence +1]
After killing a Demonfolk, Jiang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
Both his blood essence and cultivation reserves were full.
[Blood essence: 100/100 (Can cultivate)] [Cultivation: 100/100 (Can cultivate)]
"Time to find somewhere to advance."
Elsewhere, Lou Feng spotted a Demonfolk's corpse.
He looked farther along the lakeshore and said with a low, sinister chuckle:
"Found you."
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